14 anime singers have recorded John Lennon’s “Imagine” song in a charity effort to fight world hunger. The song is available for download since last Friday(Not available for download services outside of Japan). 100 yen from the proceeds of each download of the song will go to the World Food Programme (WFP) – United Nations organization that fights world hunger and poverty.

Singers involved in this are:

Mami Ayukawa
Yoshifumi Ushima
Minami Kuribayashi
Hiromi Satou
JAM Project (Hironobu Kageyama, Masaaki Endou, Hiroshi Kitadani, Masami Okui, Yoshiki Fukuyama)
Hiroki Takahashi
Kaori Hikita
Faylan
Yumi Matsuzawa
Shunji Inoue

It’s true that I’m turning into …

If you ever played Taiko no Tatsujin the game before, you will want to eat this bento yourself ^^

Starting October 10, this Taiko no Tatsujin bento will go on sale at Narita Airport, outside Tokyo. It will be flown in from Ishikawa Prefecture just so airport travelers can enjoy woofing it down. The bento is extremely kawaii that I can’t bear to eat this o.O.
The bento will be sold on the second floor of the Terminal No. 2. Priced at 900 yen, it will be available till November 8.

Source: Dengeki …

Folks in Japan will be able to purchase this awesome Sengoku Basara Limited Edition Bento by Kobayashi, a bento producer based in Sendai City in the northern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi. Until December 31, 2009, the vendors at Japan Railways station in Sendai will sell the bento.

The Sengoku Basara anime version of the real-life samurai Masamune Date adorns the wrapping on the Dokuganryuu Masamune Bento. Who would consume the bento after buying?XD. Keep it!!
The bentō helps promote the “Sendai-Miyagi ‘Date na Tabi’ Campaign,” which will bring sightseers of historical Japan …

As we probably heard of mega-sized food items in Japan, and since not everyone wants to gorge themselves with tons of food, Fast Food Chains are offering mega-downsized food items!

The above clip discusses how Mos Burger recently cut the size and price of its hamburgers and saw a 30% increase in sales. Matsuya also started offering smaller gyudon bowls and has seen a nearly 30% increase in sales, mostly from female customers. Sukiya has noticed the success of their rival and has also added a miniature gyudon bowl to its …

Love curry rice? Never actually been to Japan to try their curry rice yet, hoping to do so if I get to go there next year >_<. Well anyway, I tried the local curry rice at a Japanese restaurant. It was good and expensive O_O.

According to Japan Probe, fast food chain Sukiya decided to jump on the “mega” bandwagon with its new Curry King dish.
The dish plate has a diameter of 30cm, so you can imagine it really is MEGA. A 3X increase in rice and a 4X increase in …

Are you a fan of pizza? I know I am. Love to have pizza with my friends. Love Hawaiian pizza XD. Being down with a cough these past few weeks, I have decided that once I am officially okay, the first thing on my to-eat list is PIZZAA!! ^^

The picture above is Pizza Hut Japan’s Double Roll Pizza, and it packed a whopping 646 calories per slice. Omg. Imagine consuming like 3-4 slices, it’s like 2 meals for me already! O_O
So what is the pizza made up of?
Try little bacon …

We all know that the food in Japan is extremely expensive. Yeah, even the stuff imported over here for us buyers, cost a lot. A bottle of drink can cost you up to 3-4 dollars. So how much are you expecting for these specially-shaped cucumbers? You don’t even have to cut the cucumber to achieve the shape you want!

By raising the vegetables in simple plastic molds, one producer creates heart and star-shaped cucumbers that, when sliced, can add a touch of Hallmark holiday to any salad.
Well, only shapes available now …

If you remember Danny posting about some Light Saber Chopsticks by Kotobukiya, well, it seems like Kotobukiya has updated their blog with more pictures of the product!

Looks like it will be out this November 2009, at a retail price of 1,050 yen! And omg, upon researching for more information about the chopsticks, I found out that Hobby Search is taking in preorders for the chopsticks too! They come in 3 colors: Red, Blue and Green.
Yes seeing the chopsticks will make you remember of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and Yoda. XD

Get …

Ever tried any Calbee chips? My personal fave is the “Hot and Spicy” Calbee Chips! Shibuya246 posted a new flavor of Calbee Chips – Yakiniku!

With the label on the pack saying that they’ll introduce new flavors every month, definitely looking forward to the future flavors. Calbee Ramen chips? XD
These chips are the flavor of onion, salt and lemon. If that doesn’t sound appealing, you need to think of a good open yakiniku (Korean BBQ) with some choice cuts of meat, finely sliced onions sprinkled on top and then a dash …